The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) plans to assess how health IT affects the quality of care. The agency is asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection project: “Workflow Assessment for Health IT Toolkit Evaluation.” The project will focus on small- and medium-sized physician practices.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality plans to assess how health IT affects the quality of care. The nearly $800,000 project will focus on small- and medium-sized practices.
No one ever suggested that achieving meaningful use of electronic health records would be easy - or quick, or simple. And it hasn't been. Mostly, it's been hard, slow and complex.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced Tuesday that the Administration has cut wasteful improper payments by $17.6 billion dollars in 2011. The cuts included those paid for Medicare, Medicaid, Pell Grants and Food Stamps.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office argues that, while "federal law provides CIOs with adequate authority to manage IT for their agencies," some "limitations exist that impede their ability to exercise this authority."
As hospital systems and other healthcare providers with complex organizations – struggle to prepare for health reform and advances in health IT, a simple procedural approach will help.
Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra has unveiled the beta release of the Office of Management and Budget's IT Dashboard, a new Web site that tracks federal information technology investments.
Obama's pick for budget chief weighs in on ITPresident-elect Barack Obama's pick to run the Office of Management and Budget has said in the past that federal inter...
President-elect Barack Obama's pick to run the Office of Management and Budget has said in the past that federal intervention would be needed if the country were to move forward on healthcare IT adopt...
